My Interpretation: Basically throughout the song I believe they're talking about the dejection they feel after a failed relationship. In the song I think they are telling that other person that means so much to them how much they mean.What they mean by 'Guiding Light' is someone that they love and trust, someone they can rely on for help and support, and now they can't rely on that person because they've changed.
Quote Interpretations:
Act I
"My only love, sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious birth of love it is to me
That I must love a loathed enemy." -Juliet I, v
My Interpretation: In this quote Juliet is talking about Romeo and how he is an enemy of her family. Her family would be shocked and most likely disgusted at her love for him. They wouldn't allow the two to be married. She says he is her only love and she didn't know who he was until after the nurse told her that he was a Montague. She is also saying that her love is so great for him even though he is someone she has been raised to hate and be enemies with.
This is significant to the rest of the play, because this is when they met and fell in love with one another even though their families are enemies. The whole of the play is about their love for each other and their family's hatred for each other. This quote talks about both the love and hate; the love Romeo and Juliet feel for each other and the hatred of the feuding families that would be horrified at their child for loving the enemy's child.
The significance of this quote today is could be when a couple seems to be complete opposites but love each all the same. They love each others differences and don't mind that they might see things differently. An example of this would be people in a relationship that are from different political parties, different cultures and customs, or from different areas.
Act II
"O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circle orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable." -Juliet II, ii
My Interpretation: Juliet is saying that she doesn't want Romeo to swear his love for her by the moon because it changes in a cycle, and she's afraid his love would be similar in changing. She doesn't want his love for her to change so easily and leave her broken hearted. She also doesn't want to be strung along by his love for her if it changes repeatedly.
Today some people jump from crush to crush and change their minds repeated, and others wouldn't tolerate it or want to be with someone who changes their mind so often. The person would end up heart-broken and saddened by the other's rapid change of mind.
"Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!
Dove-feathered raven! Wolvish-ravening lamb!
Despised substance of divinest show!
Just opposite of what thou justly seem'st-
A damned saint, an honorable villain!
O nature, what thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend
In mortal paradise of such sweet flesh?
Was ever book containing such a vile matter
So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace!" -Juliet III, ii
Juliet is using oxymorons in these lines when she's describing her feelings towards Romeo after learning about the news of the fight and death of Tybalt. She's saying that he's terrible and evil but looks so innocent and handsome.
This relates to the rest of the play, because the death poses a major obstacle for the two lovers. Romeo is banished from Verona as a punishment for killing Tybalt, which means he won't be able to be with Juliet, so they have to find a way to be together.
This quote in today's society would be pretty much the same; if someone had done something wrong or offensive it would hurt their loved ones. They would be angry and hurt but still love that person all the same.
"Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death, gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth,
Thus enforce thy rotten jaws open,
And in despite I'll cram thee with more food." -Romeo V, ii
Romeo is talking about the entrance of the tomb, and is comparing it to a mouth when he says 'Thou detestable maw..'. 'Thou womb of death, gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth..' is the tomb where Juliet, 'the dearest morsel of the earth', is lying inside. 'Thus enforce thy rotten jaws open, And in despite I'll cram thee with more food.' Here Romeo is saying he's going to break in and commit suicide beside Juliet in the tomb.
This quote is combining personification and oxymorons. 'Thou womb of death' is oxymoron, because the womb is where life begins and death is the end of it. Romeo is giving the tomb human characteristics of eating and being able to eat.
This quote is significant to the rest of the play, because Romeo is going to kill himself in order to be with Juliet. He feels he can't go on with out her.
Today this quote reminds me of someone who is so distraught after losing a spouse or a loved one they commit suicide. They may commit suicide feeling that they might be with that person in an afterlife, or they might not be able to go on with their regular lives with out that person. It's sad that someone can't go on anymore when a loved one dies, and they feel that they have to kill themselves in order to get away from the pain or be with them again.
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Quote Interpretations:
Act I
"My only love, sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious birth of love it is to me
That I must love a loathed enemy." -Juliet I, v
My Interpretation: In this quote Juliet is talking about Romeo and how he is an enemy of her family. Her family would be shocked and most likely disgusted at her love for him. They wouldn't allow the two to be married. She says he is her only love and she didn't know who he was until after the nurse told her that he was a Montague. She is also saying that her love is so great for him even though he is someone she has been raised to hate and be enemies with.
This is significant to the rest of the play, because this is when they met and fell in love with one another even though their families are enemies. The whole of the play is about their love for each other and their family's hatred for each other. This quote talks about both the love and hate; the love Romeo and Juliet feel for each other and the hatred of the feuding families that would be horrified at their child for loving the enemy's child.
The significance of this quote today is could be when a couple seems to be complete opposites but love each all the same. They love each others differences and don't mind that they might see things differently. An example of this would be people in a relationship that are from different political parties, different cultures and customs, or from different areas.
Act II
"O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circle orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable." -Juliet II, ii
My Interpretation: Juliet is saying that she doesn't want Romeo to swear his love for her by the moon because it changes in a cycle, and she's afraid his love would be similar in changing. She doesn't want his love for her to change so easily and leave her broken hearted. She also doesn't want to be strung along by his love for her if it changes repeatedly.
Today some people jump from crush to crush and change their minds repeated, and others wouldn't tolerate it or want to be with someone who changes their mind so often. The person would end up heart-broken and saddened by the other's rapid change of mind.
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Act III
"Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!
Dove-feathered raven! Wolvish-ravening lamb!
Despised substance of divinest show!
Just opposite of what thou justly seem'st-
A damned saint, an honorable villain!
O nature, what thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend
In mortal paradise of such sweet flesh?
Was ever book containing such a vile matter
So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace!" -Juliet III, ii
Juliet is using oxymorons in these lines when she's describing her feelings towards Romeo after learning about the news of the fight and death of Tybalt. She's saying that he's terrible and evil but looks so innocent and handsome.
This relates to the rest of the play, because the death poses a major obstacle for the two lovers. Romeo is banished from Verona as a punishment for killing Tybalt, which means he won't be able to be with Juliet, so they have to find a way to be together.
This quote in today's society would be pretty much the same; if someone had done something wrong or offensive it would hurt their loved ones. They would be angry and hurt but still love that person all the same.
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Act V
"Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death, gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth,Thus enforce thy rotten jaws open,
And in despite I'll cram thee with more food." -Romeo V, ii
Romeo is talking about the entrance of the tomb, and is comparing it to a mouth when he says 'Thou detestable maw..'. 'Thou womb of death, gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth..' is the tomb where Juliet, 'the dearest morsel of the earth', is lying inside. 'Thus enforce thy rotten jaws open, And in despite I'll cram thee with more food.' Here Romeo is saying he's going to break in and commit suicide beside Juliet in the tomb.
This quote is combining personification and oxymorons. 'Thou womb of death' is oxymoron, because the womb is where life begins and death is the end of it. Romeo is giving the tomb human characteristics of eating and being able to eat.
This quote is significant to the rest of the play, because Romeo is going to kill himself in order to be with Juliet. He feels he can't go on with out her.
Today this quote reminds me of someone who is so distraught after losing a spouse or a loved one they commit suicide. They may commit suicide feeling that they might be with that person in an afterlife, or they might not be able to go on with their regular lives with out that person. It's sad that someone can't go on anymore when a loved one dies, and they feel that they have to kill themselves in order to get away from the pain or be with them again.
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